# ibeere
## Tooro
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè. Cognate with Swahili kiwele (“udder”), Lingala libɛ́lɛ (“breast, nipple”) and Zulu îbéle (“breast, udder”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /iːβéːɾe/, (augmentless) /iβéːɾe/

### Noun

ibeere class 5 (plural amabeere class 6, augmentless ibeere, plural augmentless mabeere)
* breast, udder
    Synonym: ekifuba (literally “chest”)

#### See also

* ensundu (“breast of a dog”)

### References

* Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 11

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* اِبعِعِرعِ

### Etymology

From ì- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ béèrè (“to ask, inquire”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ì.béè.ɾè/, /ì.bèè.ɾè/

### Noun

ìbéèrè or ìbèèrè
* question, query, demand
    Ẹ jẹ́ kí n wá èsì ìbéèrè yín, èmi yóò dá ìbéèrè yín lóhùn lọ́jọ́ mẹ́ta mà ― Let me find the answer to your question, I'll respond in three days ma'am
* quiz

#### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ìbéèrè (“question”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Òde | ùbírọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Àgọ́ Ìwòyè | ùbírọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú | Ìjẹ̀bú Igbó | ùbírọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ẹ̀pẹ́ | ùbírọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkẹ́nnẹ́ | ùbírọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ìkòròdú | ùbírọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Òde Rẹ́mọ | ùbírọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Ìjẹ̀bú | Rẹ́mọ | Ṣágámù | ùbírọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìtsẹkírì | Ìwẹrẹ | ùbírọ̀ |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Olùkùmi | Ugbódù | ọtá |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ùbéèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Òdè Èkìtì | ùbéèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Òmùò Èkìtì | ùbéèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Awó Èkìtì | ùbéèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Ìfàkì Èkìtì | ùbéèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ùbéèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ẹ̀gbá | Ẹ̀gbá | Abẹ́òkúta | ìbéèrè, ìbèèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | ìbéèrè, ìbèèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ìbéèrè, ìbèèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ìbéèrè, ìbèèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ìbéèrè, ìbèèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́ (Ògbómọ̀sọ́) | ìbéèrè, ìbèèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ìkirè | ìbéèrè, ìbèèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ìwó | ìbéèrè, ìbèèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ìbéèrè, ìbèèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ìbéèrè, ìbèèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | ìbère |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú) | ìbèhè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Cábɛ̀ɛ́ | Tchaourou | ìbèhè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà) | Baàtɛ | ìmbèìn, m̀bèìn |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ìdàácà | Benin | Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀) | ìbèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ìbèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | ìbèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Boko | ìbèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Est-Mono | ìbèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Moretan | ìbèrè |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ìbèrè |
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. ||||||

#### Derived terms

* ìbéèrè-ìdánwò (“test questions”)